Wearing Halloween fancy dress may have sounded like a good idea for a man who tried to rob a restaurant in the US this week – after all, it should have scared everyone enough to result in plenty of money being handed over.

However, this is not what happened to the bungling burglar, according to the Colorado Daily.

Although he got all dressed up in a black cape, Halloween mask, gloves and a scary wig, a quick-thinking young cashier refused to be cowed and quickly pressed the panic button behind the counter.

A Star Wars fancy dress stunt carried out in New York’s subway earlier this month has become an internet sensation.

Guerilla theatre group Improv Everywhere dressed up in Star Wars costumes to reenact the scene from the first film of the original trilogy in which Princess Leia meets Darth Vader onboard the Death Star.

New actors joined the subway train at various stations to help recreate the action, with bewildered members of the public encouraged to participate too.

According to the Telegraph, the YouTube video created of the ‘mission’

If you’ve got a costume party to go to over the bank holiday, then now could be the perfect opportunity to don that Yoda fancy dress outfit you’ve always dreamed of wearing.

This month marks the 30th birthday of Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back – recently voted the best movie follow-up of all-time in a poll by LoveFilm – so Star Wars costumes are sure to be huge this summer.

As MovieFone points out, Empire is arguably the best of the entire saga thanks to its stunning visuals, dramatic plot and fab